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Spinach

Why Spinach is a Stress-Soother: Spinach is the magic cocktail of all greens. It provides a huge amount of magnesium. Magnesium is a mineral that helps lower your stress level by keeping you in a calm state.

More Tips & Tidbits:

• Spinach is also full of foliate, calcium and, of course, iron.

So if you are having a stressful day…..eat some spinach!?  Isn’t that the first thing you think of when you are stressed…..”these kids are gonna drive me crazy!!!, where’s my spinach!!!???”

Just something to think about….

Yep that is right, at Why Weight we do it a little different!!!  We eat!!:) 

Here are the recipes from the meeting today:)  I got them from a new cookbook I got last week…Hungry Girl, I love her website, so I grabbed while @ Sams and my nose has been in it all week!:)  There are some great recipes in there…:)  I HIGHLY recommend it for sure!:)  She does some pretty cool stuff in there, so I decided to do one this week that was the most intriguing to me…LOL

LORD OF THE ONION RINGS

• 1 large onion
• 1/2 cup Fiber One cereal (original)
• 1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute
• Dash of Salt
• Optional:  additional salt, black pepper, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, etc

• Preheat oven @ 375 degrees.
• Cut the ends off of the onion, and remove the outer layer.  Cut onion into 1/2 inch wide slices, and separate into rings.
• Using a blender or food processor, gind Fiber One to a breadcrumb-like consistency.  Pour Fiber One “breadcrumbs” into a small dish and mix with salt and any optional spice you like.
• Next fill a small bowl with egg substitute.  One by one, coat each ring with egg and then in the “breadcrumbs”.
• Evenly place rings on a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick spray.  Cook for 20-25 minutes, flipping rings over about halfway through.

Makes 1 HUMONGOUS serving. 

153 calories, 1 fat, 41 carbs, 16 fiber, 9 protein.  2 PTS

The only thing I would change is…add seasoning!!!  I was talking to Lisa when I made them and forgot that step…so ADD SEASONING!!!  that is the only thing…they were pretty good…I would make em again!  And for 2 pts and core…not to shabby!!!:)  I was pleased with this weeks selection!:)

Check out the Hungry Girl Website…it is pretty cool!  www.hungrygirl.com

I have to be honest, it was a shaky one…..I thought for sure I would gain or if not gain lose VERY little, but low and behold the 15 mile walk, lugging 10 loads of laundry, and eating absolutely nothing enjoyable on my birthday (unless you count a 2 pt bar while watching Sarah Palin tell Obama off enjoyable…haha actually I enjoyed both…haha) paid off!  Not sure what exactly it was but I did it, 1.2 lost this week, and it was a tough one…I said no to Birthday Cake, Cheeseburgers, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup pie from Perkins, Birthday Cake, My dads French Fries, My dads Onion Rings, Baby Shower Cake, Really Yummy kinds of Ice Cream that Monica bought, and My dad Buckeyes (that btw Ethan made 50 of…haha  he is in training apparently!).

So tonight, this is me!!!  Happy and Loving Life (minus the fro!)!  It was touch and go yesterday tho…haha

And btw, I am eating something “Celebratory” this week….not for losing 1.2, but for my bday…:)  but then I will have to weigh again next week…hhmmm…..the vicious cycle….haha

O HOW I WISH……:)  Well today is my 33rd bday, and I have been offered yummy things 3 times this week in celebration…and I have politely turned them down.  Why you ask???  Well tomorrow is weigh in day….dog gone it!!!  Who planned weigh in day the day after my bday???  that is what I want to know…o wait, me!  LOL

My bday always seems to fall on the heel or in the midst of Labor Day weekend which by the way is not always the easiest around these parts…can I just mention we have 11 bdays between mid August and end of Sept that we celebrate in one way or another, so to say that Labor Day is more than a day off of work is an understatement for sure.  There are usually cakes (yes multiple), and hamburger, and all the other good stuff that picnics and holidays and bdays bring…so I did my fair share this weekend already!  Don’t get me wrong, I could have done MUCH worse, but I could have done better too…altho then I would have not eaten anything…haha  but I tried to be a good girl all week knowing that my bday is coming and usually turns into a self-proclaimed week long event!  Hey I am an only child, we know how to celebrate!  haha

But here I sit on my big day and all i have had that is “bad” was 2 pieces of low fat bread for bfast! LOL  not fun!  But noone said it was going to be fun right???  Well they are right, it isn’t!  But I did decide to pull myself out of my slump today and stop feeling sorry for myself and get a life!  So I dropped the kids off @ my parents and am enjoying some decaf coffee and some peace and quiet!   

 When my dad called this morning he said he hoped I got everything I wished for today….I laughed and said, “Well if all my favorite foods had no calories, pts or fat, then Happy Bday to me!”  We both agreed that that was not going to happen, so I decided to wish for WORLD PEACE!:)

Thank You Jesus for my life, I couldn’t have asked for a better one!:)